Mower attachment.



S. E. STAAL.

MOWER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION -IILED AUG.17, 190s. RENEWED 001. 2a, 1908.

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un rnnsrar n orrion BIL-HIM SIAALQOF MAPLEBAY, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO KNUDT I.

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MOWER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed Augustfl, 1906, Serial No. 331,049. Renewed October23, 1908. Serial No. 59,211.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be itknown that .I, SrLI-IIM E. STAAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maplebay, in the countyof Polk, State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mower Attachments and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same. iThisfinvention relates to mower attach 111611178 and has for its objectto provide an attachment which will deliver the down grain, vines etc,to one sideof the path of travel of themacliine so that'the said grainand vines will not be injured upon the return of the machine.

The invention has for a further object the provision of meansforinsuring the proper disposalof grain upon the attachment.

1n the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the fingerbar of a mower showing my invention applied thereto, Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view therethrough, Fig. 3 is a detail transversesectional view through the finger-bar of the mower showing the manner ofattaching the arms thereto, Fig. .4 isa detail perspective view of oneof the arms, and, Fig. 5 is a similar view of the arm for directing thevines etc, upon the attachment. 'j Referring more specifically to thedrawings, the numeralodenotes the finger bar of a mower and 7 a platewhich is located upon the upperface of the fingerbar 6 and is providedalong one of its longitudinal edges withan overturnedfflange 8 for apurpose to be hereinafter described. A plate 9 is disposed. upon theupper plate 7 and is held in position thereon by means of rivets 10which are engaged through the plates 7 and 9 and the finger bar 6 ofthemower. The plate 9 is provided at intervalsthroughout its length withcrimped portions 11 forthe engagement therebetween and. the, plate 7 ofthe end portion of the arms 12 and the said arms 12 have their extremeends turned at right angles as at 13 and engaged beneath the overturnedflange 8 of the plate 7 After the engagement of the arms lflbetween theplates 7 and 9 with theirright angularly bent ends underlying theoverturned fflangeS of the first named plate the edge of the said flangeis struck down as at 14throughout its entire M length except at suchpoints where the bent portions in the arms join the body portionsthereof.

Each of the arms 12 extends rearwardly from the finger bar of the mowerand is thence curved slightly downwardly as at 15 and thence laterallyand slightly upwardly as at 16. The end portion of each arm is thencurved. slightly downwardly and finally bent at its extreme endrearwardly and laterally as at 17. In order that the vines and grainwill be delivered from the attachment in a continuous roll, the arms aresuccessively lengthened with respect to each other from one side of themachine to the other.

An arm 18 is located at that end of the finger bar at which the shorterarms 12 are located and extends upwardly and slightly laterallytherefrom and is thence curved downwardly as at 19 and upwardly at itsend as at 20. The function of this arm is to direct the grain and vinesupon the arms 12 and to prevent their delivery from the wrong end of theattachment.

It will be understood that the vines and grain having been depositedupon the arms 12, will be moved therefrom by means of the stubble whichprojects through the said arms when the mower is traveling over thefield.

It is to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exactdetails of construction shown and described for obvious modificationswill occur to a person skilled in the art.

What is claimed is p 1.' In a device of the class described thecombination with the finger bar of a mower, of plates secured to thefinger bar, one of said plates being provided along one of its edgeswith an overturned. flange, and arms received between said. platesandliaving one of their ends bent to lie beneath the overturned flangeof the above stated plate.

2. In a device of the class described the combination with the fingerbarof the mower, of plates secured upon the finger bar, one of said platesbeing provided along one of its edges with an overturned flange, arms received between the plates, said arms having one of their ends bentlaterally and engaged beneath said overturned flange.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

SILHIM E. STAAL.

VJitnesses: O. O. SINGLEY, WV. E. Rowe.

